Care home · Worthing
Grasmere Nursing Home
Typical fee here £1,650–£2,010 a week Estimate
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- 51 Manor Road, Worthing, BN11 4SH
- Run by
- Kargini Care Services Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 20 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Garden
- Garden for residents (as stated on grasmere-worthing.co.uk)
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on grasmere-worthing.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Sunie Kurian
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2002 (23 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04619743)
- Last CQC check
- 13 Aug 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-108984992
The service in brief
Grasmere Nursing Home in Worthing is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Kargini Care Services Limited. It is registered to support older people.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall (August 2025). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 67 CQC-registered care homes in and around Worthing; 53 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The five key questions
- Safe49 of 317 in West Sussex
- Effective289 of 317 in West Sussex
- Caring294 of 317 in West Sussex
- Responsive286 of 317 in West Sussex
- Well-led70 of 317 in West Sussex
From CQC's latest report, published 13 August 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Sussex share it.
Earlier inspections
- Aug 2016
- Sep 2017
- Aug 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 28 September 2017
- CQC inspection report 31 August 2016
- Inspection report 12 November 2014
- Inspection report 16 August 2013
- Inspection report 17 August 2012
- Inspection report 29 November 2011
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 14 October 2025 by Worthing. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Grasmere Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Heene
- Parliamentary constituency
- Worthing West
- NHS planning area
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN11 (56)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 80 m (1 min walk) · 37 stops within 600 m
- Railway station West Worthing, 750 m (9 min walk)
- GP surgery Heene Road Surgery, 340 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Paydens, 890 m (11 min walk)
- Shop Spar, 400 m (5 min walk)
- Park Victoria Park, 500 m (6 min walk)
- Café Cafheene 2 Go, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship St Botolph, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Library Worthing Library, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
The inspection, summarised
- At our last inspection Grasmere had 3 breaches of regulation in safe and well-led.
- This was in relation to failure to appropriately implement the Mental Capacity Act, to seek consent and assessing capacity around specific decisions.
- This element of the breach was ongoing from the last inspection.
- People and relatives told us they felt safe and enjoyed their lives.
Inspected 25 May 2023; report published 28 September 2017. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Track record
Grasmere Nursing Home has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Requires Improvement.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 28 September 2017.
Costs to expect
We estimate Grasmere Nursing Home at £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£105k.
If nursing care is needed, the NHS pays a weekly NHS-funded nursing care contribution directly to the home, whoever pays the rest.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), West Sussex Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Needs it is registered to meet
Taken from its CQC registration.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Avon Manor, under 0.5 miles away.
4 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Heene ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a shop (5 min), a park (6 min), a café (5 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (9 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Ownership and company checks
Grasmere Nursing Home is run by Kargini Care Services Limited (company 04619743), incorporated in 2002, 8 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
What the ratings tell you
For Grasmere Nursing Home, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across West Sussex, 49 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (15%), while 70 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (22%).
The Safe and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Family reviews
There are no reviews of Grasmere Nursing Home yet. If you know the service, your experience could help someone else.
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Grasmere Nursing Home in local context
- Rated Requires improvement. Across West Sussex, 84% of the 317 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2025) is more recent than 76% of care home ratings in West Sussex.
- With 20 beds it is smaller than 62% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 69% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (15% of care homes in West Sussex are also rated below Good here); Well-led (22% of care homes in West Sussex are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other care homes in West Sussex; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Grasmere Nursing Home: common questions
- What services is Grasmere Nursing Home registered for?
- Registration for Grasmere Nursing Home covers: nursing homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Is Grasmere Nursing Home a registered provider?
- Grasmere Nursing Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-108984992) and was rated Requires improvement overall in August 2025.
- Where is Grasmere Nursing Home?
- It is at 51 Manor Road, Worthing, BN11 4SH.
- When was Grasmere Nursing Home last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 13 August 2025, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Is Grasmere Nursing Home registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- Who runs Grasmere Nursing Home?
- Grasmere Nursing Home is run by Kargini Care Services Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How many residents can Grasmere Nursing Home take?
- Grasmere Nursing Home has 20 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How is Grasmere Nursing Home rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Grasmere Nursing Home: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How much does Grasmere Nursing Home charge?
- Grasmere Nursing Home hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
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